Behavioural Processes

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Light, camera, action: Behavioral responses of the yellow scorpion Tityus serrulatus to different lights	70
Not just for males: Flehmen as a tool for detection of reproductive status and individual recognition across sexes in four African equid species	34
ABA, AAB and ABC renewal with Pavlovian Conditioning of Tentacle Lowering procedure in the snail Cornu aspersum	29
Aroma-dillo or Area-dillo? An examination of armadillos’ sensory modality bias	22
Behavioural changes of native freshwater prawn in the presence of a predator fish	21
Three methods of behavioural testing to measure anxiety – A review	20
Acute caffeine enhances sign-tracking in male Sprague-Dawley rats	19
Chronic high-dose testosterone impairs economic decision making, but has no effect on memory in male rats	19
Behavioral responses to predator and heterospecific alarm calls are habitat-specific in Eurasian tree sparrows	18
Unpredictable mealtimes rather than social jetlag affects acquisition and retention of hippocampal dependent memory	17
Learning about reward identities and time	17
Evaluation of temperament traits and its association with visual lateralisation in oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)	17
A Pavlovian, conditioned-reinforcement approach to reducing impulsive choice	17
An evaluation of hedonic responses in taste-potentiated odor aversion using the analysis of licking microstructure and orofacial reactivity	16
Verbal segments and multiple-pair training in relational responding under a transposition paradigm in children	16
Activity vs exploration: Locomotion in a known and unknown environment differs in Atlantic cod juveniles (Gadus morhua)	16
A test of the role of stimulus-response and stimulus-outcome associations in the effects of intermittent-access training	14
Time, uncertainty, and suboptimal choice	14
Responses to environmental enrichment are associated with personality characteristics in chestnut-bellied seed finches (Sporophila angolensis)	13
Social dynamics and behavior of zoo-housed red-footed tortoises at different housing densities	13
Combined effects of reinstatement and spontaneous recovery	12
Non-invasive, real-time stress measurement: Vocalization compared with thermal imaging in kittens of the domestic cat in response to social separation	12
Interference of same/different learning by a spatial discrimination	12
I call dibs on it! Chemical cues of intraspecific competitors potentiate food consumption in anuran tadpoles	12
Housing-dependent variation in goal-tracking behavior predicts use of a spatial strategy in a dual-solution Morris water maze task	12

Overt physiological responses and atypical behavior evoked in adult zebrafish in the novel tank test by two acute ‘survival’ stressors	12
SQAB 2021: Translational research using computation approaches	11
Environmental conditions shape learning in larval zebrafish	11
Effects of individual or common resources availability in choosing individual or shared contingencies	11
May unpredictable events affect monkey welfare under human care?	11
Individual differences in degree of discounting: Do different procedures and measures assess the same construct?	11
Does predation environment affect repeated responses to predation cues in the fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora?	11
Behavioural plasticity in a solitary foraging ant: Effect of experience and food distribution	10
Environmental enrichment accelerates the acquisition of schedule-induced drinking in rats	10
Adapting rodent cued threat conditioning to planarians: Memory acquisition, consolidation, and reconsolidation	10
Effects of probabilistic win-paired-cues on loss trials on risky choice in rats	10
Training primates to forage in virtual 3D environments	10
Choice reaction time in pigeons fails to increase as predicted by Hick’s law	10
Motivational state-dependent renewal and reinstatement of operant responding under food and water deprivation states	9
Female Java sparrows prefer high exploratory males without assortative mating	9
Some properties of habituation of siphon withdrawal in the slimy clam (Ruditapes decussatus)	9
Effects of inter-trial interval on sign-tracking and conditioned reinforcer efficacy in female rats	9
Altruism, reciprocity, and probability: Examining relations through a discounting framework	9
Extrinsic traits consistently drive microhabitat decisions of an arboreal snake, independently of sex and personality	9
Experimental analysis of choice behavior in Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)	9
Ontogeny of pup isolation-induced ultrasonic calls in a highly social rodent, the Harting’s vole (Microtus hartingi)	8
A preliminary evaluation of habituation and dishabituation of operant responding in mice	8
Effects of pre-session feeding, an abolishing operation, on resurgence in rats	8
Examining resurgence and repetition with the evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics	8
Comparison of ultrasonic isolation calls of pure-breeding and interspecies hybrid Phodopus dwarf hamster pups	8
Ejaculation latency determines susceptibility to stress in the male rat	8
Topographical aspects of brief-stimulus presentations: A re-examination of the problem of conditioned reinforcement	8
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Female aggression towards same-sex rivals depends on context in a tropical songbird	7
Choices about whether to wait: Changes in delay discounting without changes in time perception	7
Domestication and social environment modulate fear responses in young chickens	7
Sex differences in locomotor recovery across mating contexts in Drosophila melanogaster	7
A computational perspective on rapid reacquisition: Phenotype-specific effects of reinforcement history	7
Never smile at a crocodile: Gaping behaviour in the Nile crocodile at Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa	7
Observation of female-male mounting in the carrion crow	7
Stag beetle Cyclommatus mniszechi employs both mutual- and self-assessment strategies in male-male combat	7
Effects of external cues and group mate body size on the collective behavior of shoaling crucian carp	7
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Coup in the coop: Rank changes in chicken dominance hierarchies over maturation	7
Applying an eye tracking technique to gibbons: First study using scanpath measurements for visual stimuli	7
Plasticity in sex roles and female competition in Neotropical dung roller beetles	7
Trained dogs do not give up: Effects of advanced training on the persistence of domestic dogs	7
Consummatory successive positive contrast with aversive solutions in infant rats: Replication and generalization to a higher concentration of a bitter solution	7
Autoshaped impulsivity: Some explorations with a neural network model	6
Extra-experimental scarcity impacts hypothetical operant demand: A natural SARS-CoV-2 eperiment	6
Instructional control in choice tasks: The relation between type of schedule and relative expected values	6
Anxiety in Brazilian dogs: Typical behaviors, anxiety-inducing situations, and sociodemographic factors	6
Chicks make stochastic decisions based on gain rates of different time constants	6
Nearest neighbour distance does not affect escape behaviour in urban hooded crows	6
Exploratory behaviour shapes nutrient versus energy foraging priorities in Java sparrows	6

Effects of housing density on anxiety-like behavior of zebrafish in the plus maze with ramp	6
Are you talking to me? Captive Asian elephants react to voice familiarity and Elephant-Directed speech	6
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Rats’ preferences in the suboptimal-choice procedure are affected by the perceptual salience of the stimuli	6
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Does boldness stamp a morphological mark? Evidence of decoupling in the invasive giant African snail Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822)	5
Prey selection and foraging behavior of Eriocheir sinensis towards three freshwater mollusk species: Mechanisms and ecological implications	5
Individual vocal identity may be obscured following colony assembly in captive black-capped chickadees	5
Effects of water restriction and dirt on grooming behavior in neotropical rodents (Trinomys setosus and T. yonenagae) (Echimyidae)	5
Patrolling the area, not ousting intruders, relates to reproductive success for territorial male Leon Springs pupfish, Cyprinodon bovinus	5
Removing the opportunity to respond induces resurgence	5
Sex-based differences, diurnal and seasonal trends in thermoregulatory behaviour of nesting Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)	5
Investigating individual learning behaviour of dogs during a yes/no detection task	5
Exploring innovative problem-solving in African lions (Panthera leo) and snow leopards (Panthera uncia)	5
Primacy and recency effects in hierarchical renewal in rats	5
Invasive social wasp learning abilities when foraging in human modified environments	5
Investigating the role of environmental enrichment initiated in adolescence against the detrimental effects of chronic unpredictable stress in adulthood: Sex-specific differences in behavioral and neu	5
Prevention of self-grooming in rats: Evidence for a rebound effect	5
Abbreviated fixed-interval interventions promote self-control in rats	5
Matching is acquired faster than mismatching by pigeons when salient stimuli are presented manually	5
Attention bias and novel object test in rams (Ovis aries) under intensive farming	5
Evidence of conditioned food aversion in Japanese fire-bellied newts (Cynops pyrrhogaster)	5
Degrading stimuli by reducing image resolution impairs performance in a rodent continuous performance test	5
Resurgence of target behavior after negative punishment of alternative behavior	5
Threespine stickleback do not use social cues to learn about predation risk	5
Can a traditional partner preference test quantify monogamous behavior in captive coyotes?	5
Black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) discriminate between naturally-ordered and scramble-ordered chick-a-dee calls and individual preference is related to rate of learning	5
Ecology of acoustic partitioning in insect assemblages	5
Overmatching under food uncertainty in foraging pigeons	5
Predictive processing in volatile environments	5
Chronic social defeat stress induces context avoidance in mice	4
Female dogs evaluate levels of competence in humans	4
Oral antibiotics reduce voluntary exercise behavior in athletic mice	4
The temporal copulatory patterns of female rat sexual behavior	4
White Leghorn and Red Junglefowl female chicks use distal and local cues similarly, but differ in persistency behaviors, during a spatial orientation task	4
Social hierarchy determination in rams: A comparison of different methods	4
Aerial urination in Amazon river dolphins: reassessing its social significance and implications for sensory biology	4
Measurement of the exploration–exploitation response of dogs through a concurrent visual discrimination task	4
Examination of the joint Simon effect in rats: Changes in task performance based on actions of the partner	4
No evidence for mate copying in Danio rerio	4
The investigation of sexual and interspecies disparities in spatial learning and memory across two rodent species	4
Acoustic traits of male ultrasonic courtship song in a rodent with induced ovulation, the Harting’s vole (Microtus hartingi)	4
Adaptive forgetting of place/object memory for dung in the domestic horse (Equus ferus caballus): Memory for a day	4
Bottlenose dolphin communication during a role-specialized group foraging task	4
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Foraging behaviour of Pheidole latinoda: An impetus for employing a heuristic approach to address optimization challenges	4
Witnessing others interact with a novel object has sex- and size-specific effects on neophilia in mosquitofish	4
Behavioural response of female Lewis rats toward 31-kHz ultrasonic calls	4
Behavioural changes in aposematic Heliconius melpomene butterflies in response to their predatory bird calls	4
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Deciding what to do: Observations from a psycho-motor laboratory, including the discovery of pre-crastination	4
Optimal prey choice in a daily foraging bout	4
The effects of olfactory stimulation on the behaviour of captive slender lorises (Loris lydekkerianus)	4
Evidence of AAB, ABA, and ABC renewal procedures for instrumental response in elementary school children	4
Auditory pattern discrimination in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)	4
Cognition in captivity: Investigating learning, anxiety, and brain mass differences between captive and wild fathead minnow	4
Familiarity, personality, and foraging performance in three-spined sticklebacks	4
Motivating operations as contexts for operant discrimination training and testing	3
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Boldness and learning in an active foraging lizard	3
A standardised ethogram for the Psittaciformes	3
Regulation of sex differences in risk-based decision making by gonadal hormones: Insights from rodent models	3
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Which form of environmental enrichment is most effective in rodent models of autism?	3
Individual variation in activity budgets of a stable population of killer whales in managed care across a year	3
Structural consistency of exploratory behaviour of sub-adult and adult spiny mice (Acomys cahirinus) in seven different tests	3
Emergent relations and competing behavior: Effects on interruptions, accuracy and reaction time	3
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Effects of delay sequence in a delay discounting task	3
The consistency of exploration behaviours across life stages in a native Australian rodent, the fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat Melomys cervinipes	3
Playing or fighting? Home cage dynamics in crowding or social instability paradigms contribute to stress and reproductive impairments in adult female Wistar rats	3
The role of stimulus combinations in the repeated assessment of resurgence	3
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A mixed-species shoal including fewer heterospecifics is preferred by jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus juveniles	3
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Stress-related impairment of fear memory acquisition and disruption of risk assessment behavior in female but not in male mice	3
Activity behavior of goitered gazelles in an arid environment	3
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Using social network analysis to confirm the ‘gambit of the group’ hypothesis for a small cetacean	3
Learning to stop responding	3

The ‘less-is-better’ effect in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus sp.): Some data and a contrast-like hypothesis	3
Soft calls do not modulate aggressiveness in male common cuckoos toward conspecific territorial intruders: A sequential playback study	3
SQAB 2022: New directions in learning research	3
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Sex differences in the expression of aggressive behavior and influences on social choice in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	3
Assessment of ultrasonic vocalization-mediated communication deficits in AD rats: A social learning paradigm using conspecific drinking behavior	3
3D-printed operant chambers for rats: Design, assembly, and innovations	3
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Cost does not prevent pigeons from investing in the future	3
Evaluating indicators of intentionality, flexibility, and goal-association in domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) facial signals	3
Streamlining boldness measurement in fish: A practical approach to field studies	3
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Sexual stimulation of captive Iberian ibex bucks (Capra pyrenaica): Effect of male social rank on the response to estrous females	3
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Hot crabs with bold choices: Temperature has little impact on behavioural repeatability in Caribbean hermit crabs	3
Territorial defense is ineffective at protecting eggs from predation in the endangered Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus)	3
Acute noise is harmful on the anti-predator behaviour of commercially important juvenile coral reef fishes	3
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Inhibition of alloparental behavior by acute stress in virgin male California mice (Peromyscus californicus)	3
Behavioural responses to separation from human companion in the domestic cat: A survey-based study	3
The effectiveness of Go/Nogo dual-task is modulated by SOA and Go/Nogo ratio	3
Almost there: Learning to navigate approximately with a grid map	3
An investigation of turn alternation in two species of terrestrial isopods: Porcellio spinicornis and Trachelipus rathkii	3
Qualitative variations in delay discounting: A brief review and future directions	2
Modulation of dear enemy effects by male dusky warblers (Phylloscopus fuscatus) at different reproductive stages	2
Measuring locomotor strategies of freely moving previsual rat pups	2
A psychological model of the cognitive processes regulating exploratory behavior in animals	2
ABA and AAB renewal of alcohol seeking in rats are reduced by exposure to beer before extinction	2
Social group during housing and testing modulates the effect of ethanol on zebrafish (Danio rerio) behavior	2
Female preference counteracts negative frequency dependent selection for a stable polymorphism in a livebearing fish	2
Further observations on the reinforcing value of sucrose solutions: Interaction between quantity and concentration	2
Developmental light colour influences adult phototaxis and locomotion in Drosophila melanogaster	2
Tactile cues are important to environmental novelty during repeated open field tests	2
When a glimpse is enough: Partial mimicry of jumping spiders by insects	2
Back to the river: Behavioural patterns of Eurasian beavers recolonising central Italy	2
The importance of color and body size for reproductive decision making by males and females of the giant river prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man, 1879) (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae)	2
Decrease in the rewarding value of spatial novelty due to the contamination of the stimulus field with light – Evidence from a free exploration test involving rats	2
Are domestic chickens born with predator recognition? Validation of a sound playback experiment	2
Captive Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) show facial indicators of positive affect when reunited with their caregiver	2
Reproductive advantage of the winners of male-male competition in Drosophila prolongata	2
Resource limitations: A taxonomy	2
Age and sex differences in behavioural responses of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) towards snakes	2
Kea (Nestor notabilis) and the ephemeral reward task: Success and hurdles explored	2
Power law and competitive model for behavioral characterization of incompatible spontaneous behavior in Drosophila melanogaster	2
The role of line-of-sight in operant experiments using food reinforcers in guinea pigs	2
Time buffers teasing and lessens tobacco use: The moderating role of time perspective on bullying victimization and tobacco use in adolescents	2
Predation risk in two Patagonian Liolaemus lizards: Similar escape behaviour in different environmental contexts	2
Punishment-induced resurgence	2
Behavioral evidence that repetitive responses in a free-movement pattern Y-maze are associated with ageing-related deficit in working memory	2
Modeling relational responding with artificial neural networks	2
Increased vigilance to neighbor duets broadcast from unexpected territorial boundaries in rufous horneros	2
The front legs of Sepsis flies (Diptera: Sepsidae) are stimulation devices	2
First insights into social behavioral patterns between pairs of bait-attracted mature female tiger sharks from Fuvahmulah Island, Maldives	2
Effects of initial-link schedule on suboptimal choice are modulated by bias	2
Corrigendum to “Evaluating indicators of intentionality, flexibility, and goal-association in domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) facial signals” [Behav. Proc. 231, September 2025, 105244]	2
Relational abilities index: A experimental study of the procedure at different trial durations	2
Horses can learn to identify joy and sadness against other basic emotions from human facial expressions	2
Locomotor play behavior evolves by random genetic drift but not as a correlated response to selective breeding for high voluntary wheel-running behavior	2
Thin-fingered fiddler crabs display a natural preference for UV light cues but show no sensory bias to other hypertrophied claw coloration	2
Ambient light spectrum affects larval Mexican jumping bean moth (Cydia saltitans) behavior despite light obstruction from host seed	2
Sleepiness profiles in mice submitted to acute and chronic sleep deprivation	2
Rhesus monkeys show greater habituation to repeated computer-generated images than do orangutans	2
Bonding against the odds: Male prairie vole response to the “widow effect” among females	2
Evaluation of the capability of oil specific discrimination in detection dogs	2
Learning and laterality in wild-caught Namaqua rock mice (Micaelamys namaquensis)	2
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Individual and group behavioral responses to nutritional state and context in a social fish	2
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Why do Cattle Egrets forage with cattle? An analysis from an anti-predation perspective	2
Prosociality and reciprocity according to parental status, communication, and personality in domestic canaries (Serinus canaria)	2
Influence of RFID tags on Melipona quadrifasciata behavior: Effects on locomotion and food choice	2
Rats can spontaneously discriminate different rhythms: An investigation using an automated habituation-dishabituation paradigm	2
Neuroanatomical investigation of aggression in pit bulls	2
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Comparison of progressive hold and progressive response schedules of reinforcement	1
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Veterinary background noise elicits fear responses in cats while freely moving in a confined space and during an examination	1
Leadership amongst pigs when faced with a novel situation	1
The illusion of pure reason in science: A cautionary note	1
Conditioned place avoidance in the planaria Schmidtea mediterranea: A pre-clinical invertebrate model of anxiety-related disorders	1
Expression of exploratory activity of rat offspring depends on the expression of exploratory activity of their parents at the moment of mating	1
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Breeding and antipredator behavior in urban environments: The importance of local nest-site conditions for the Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)	1
Food avoidance learning based on swimming in laboratory mice (Mus musculus)	1
Injected serotonin decreases foraging aggression in black widow spiders (Latrodectus hesperus), but dopamine has no effect	1
Chronic restraint stress alters rat behavior depending on sex and duration of stress	1
Knowledge mapping of world's worst invasive alien species under changing climate	1
Nuanced effects of relative body size on social motivation in a highly gregarious catfish	1
COVID-19-related financial scarcity is associated with greater delay discounting but not probability discounting	1
Automatic classification of dog barking using deep learning	1
Naïve young Homing pigeons (Columba livia) learn efficient routes home but are not tied to those routes.	1
Egg colour influences egg removal by common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus)	1
Shortest path choice in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	1
The effects of predation stress and contexts on the collective behaviour of crucian carp (Carassius auratus)	1
New acute chromatic components during prey attack in juvenile cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis, Linnaeus 1758): The “Leopard spots”	1